Dang nvidia

Damn, that sucks.. I was planning on buying a 7800GT soon and dropping it in an SLI-capable motherboard to leave room for upgrading later.. Guess I'll just wait for the 7900.
 
Dont start counting out the GTX just yet. It is a very capable card, and a damn good one. once the price starts to come down in spring, and i get money, ill be popping a 2nd one in there.
 
and for those looking for 7800gt sli, i'm not sure what you're waiting for with prices around $260.
 
quadnad said:
and for those looking for 7800gt sli, i'm not sure what you're waiting for with prices around $260.
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$200 is better. ;)
 
Yeah but the same article says that a 7900 GT will take its place at a (possibly) lower price point, so I don't see why nVidia needs to be "damned". :eek:
 
pxc said:
$200 is better. ;)
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thats if they dont sell out before they get to that price, and nvidia probaly will not let them get that low b/c it would effect the 6800gs teritory
 
1c3d0g said:
Yeah but the same article says that a 7900 GT will take its place at a (possibly) lower price point, so I don't see why nVidia needs to be "damned". :eek:
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cause i have to buy my second 7800gt now in stead of in 4 months
 
you'll still be able to buy these cards for a long time.. just look at the 6800GT and Ultra series cards.. not on a lot of "buy now have now" store shelves, but you can order them. but sources are getting pretty thin.. anyways.

Don't forget the 3rd part market will be full of them when the 7900 and G80 start hit the masses.. no need for panic. :)
 
Sucks for those of us that bought a 7800GTX 512 with plans to upgrade later with SLI. The card was out not even 6 months and now it's discontinued? I knew they would be coming out with a new chip, but figured there would be some overlap for a while.
 
That -is- true, for the 7800GTX 512mb peeps... those cards are just thin on supply in general.. so buying with the hopes of an easy transition into SLI later is not as "easy" as Nvidia makes that upgrade path seem for all their SLI capable cards.

EDIT: to heatless (below) yes, there is always the 3rd party market (as I said above)
 
rabident said:
Sucks for those of us that bought a 7800GTX 512 with plans to upgrade later with SLI. The card was out not even 6 months and now it's discontinued? I knew they would be coming out with a new chip, but figured there would be some overlap for a while.
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Maybe not. There are going to be quite a few people unloading their 512's shortly probably, and I might be one of them, depending on how the 7900 looks. Right now, doesn't seem like its going to much of an upgrade. Hopefully its got a more little power than is being advertised right now, but it does look like its only going to be a 24 pipe card.
 
Virtblue said:
cause i have to buy my second 7800gt now in stead of in 4 months
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You don't "have" to buy anything. :rolleyes: Nobody is forcing anything down your throat. Be grateful for what you do have. :mad:
 
Dapperdan said:
every site on the net has been wrong at some point, doesnt mean they are always wrong :rolleyes:
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Fuad bats 0.100 accuracy-wise. That's worthy of a LOL. With Fuad stories, always get verification. The beginning of the story should make you suspicious:

"NVIDIA partners made their last G70 orders and have had their last chunk of Geforce 7800 GTX 512, 256 and 7800 GT cards. Those cards will be available in retail as long as supplies last and it is clear that Nvidia and its partners want to clear the inventory. "

nvidia makes orders from the foundry based on their customer's orders. It takes several weeks for wafers to be processed and packaged, and even longer counting finished card transit time. If nvidia had EOL'd the G70 as Fuad claims, nvidia would have cancelled G70 production before the end of 2005. I think the real world missed that news. nvidia may have asked for final orders, but that still leaves GPU inventory until manufacturing is completed and nvidia's inventory is depleted.

Is nvidia planning to discontinue the G70? Sure. It's inevitable. Is that link credible? No.
 
If any of your guys want to buy any of the 2 I have here serving me well right now I'm willing to give a good deal PM me. ;)
 
Meh I can see it. Didnt ATI do the same with there X1800 series. They put the last order of chips in a couple months ago, and once they are gone, there gone? Since Nvidia is now also coming out with the 7900 GTX and 7900 GT, they really dont need a 7800 GT and GTX. They probably are putting the last order of chips in. But still look at the X1800 XT and X1800 XL, there are plenty to go around still.
 
i can remember the good old days i would get me a nice card for 200.00 or 300.00 and boy was i a happy camper. Now the 512 is going for 1000.00 still in some places and in 6 months something else comes along. I guess video cards are a big business i just hope this new 7900 has a little more then the 7800 seems they just trying too match ati tick for tat and i dont like that, would rather take their time and come out with something great instead of just kicking it up a notch. Will have too wait and see i guess.
 
D!Z said:
i can remember the good old days i would get me a nice card for 200.00 or 300.00 and boy was i a happy camper. Now the 512 is going for 1000.00 still in some places and in 6 months something else comes along. I guess video cards are a big business i just hope this new 7900 has a little more then the 7800 seems they just trying too match ati tick for tat and i dont like that, would rather take their time and come out with something great instead of just kicking it up a notch. Will have too wait and see i guess.
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I can remember the good old days where I paid 400$ for my 6800GT in augest 2004... oh wait I'm still using it and its been 22months, damn where did the time go :eek:
 
The only problem with Nvidia EOL'ing the 7800 series is the 7800gtx would make a HELLUVA $200 mid-range card in 6 months :D
 
man....that mesed up i thought the 7900gt would be liek like way mroe expensive than the 7800gt like 100-150$ more....and i just got the 7800gt like......5 days ago....o well lol 7800 7900 who cares its still both directx9 if it was directx10 id killmyself
 
crazymonkee84 said:
o well lol 7800 7900 who cares its still both directx9 if it was directx10 id killmyself
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qft....i wouldve done myself in at the doorsteps of Nvidia.. :p:p

Meh...guess ill just wait a bit and go SLI GT...
 
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